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Amongst Machines: A Description Of Various Mechanical Appliances Used In The Manufacture Of Wood, Metal, and Other Substances. A Book for Boys
by The Author of "The Young Mechanic" (James Lukin)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No date (1876). Presumed first edition. Hardcover in emerald green cloth letterd in black and gilt. Patterned endpapers. Preface dated July, 1876. 335 pp. "Copiously Illustrated" with drawings. a tight, very good copy, minor wear to the extremities' spotting to the rear cover. Internally clean and bright. The follow up volume to Lukin's enormously popular and useful "The Young Mechanic" (1874). This volumes details the making of iron, rolling, tilting, wire-drawing, brass tubes, mechanical arrangements, application of mechanical arrangement, the manufacture of items such as steel pens, pins, hair-pins, sheet metal goods, screws, bolts and nuts, cutting and shaping wood, paper-making, glass making, scientific machines.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23407
- Title
- Amongst Machines: A Description Of Various Mechanical Appliances Used In The Manufacture Of Wood, Metal, and Other Substances. A Book for Boys
- Author
- The Author of "The Young Mechanic" (James Lukin)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- machines, crfats, manufacturing, tools, building, crafts, boys,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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